Currently working on a new collection of poems, tentatively titled "The Spirit Bone," about one-third complete.

"The Spirit Bone"

I am currently working on a collection of poems tentatively titled "The Spirit Bone."

The Spirit Bone

On sabbatical this fall (2004) I completed (or almost completed, I'm not quite sure) work on my fourth collection of poems, tentatively entitled "The Spirit Bone," which I plan to submit this spring to my publisher, Penguin Putnam.

Research Interests

I am currently finishing a book of poems. I was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which I've probably had for many years. I'm interested in writing about the experience of having the disease in both prose and poetry.

If Grief Were a Bird

This is a collection of poems currently being sent out for publication.

Faculty. Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, a low residency program for people wishing to obtain and MFA in creative writing; taught in summer residency program, Warren Wilson College, Swananoa, North Carolina. (July 3-15, 2003)In addition to teaching in the summer residency, I supervised three graduate students in this program over the fall semester.

Juries

Jury

Jury Committee Chair. Head of the judging panel for two awards given by the Texas Institute of Arts and Letters, the Best Book of Poetry Award and the Natalie Ornish Poetry Prize, Galveston, Texas. (March 29, 2003)

Master Class

Guest Writer, Vermont Studio Center. The Guest Writer gives a reading, a craft talk and has individual conferences with the fellows at the center, who have been chosen from all over the United States, Johnson, Vermont. (March 7-13, 2002)